Tyrrell Hatton backs Bryson DeChambeau’s idea for LIV Golf
Tyrell Hatton has called on LIV Golf to be handed its own pathway into the major championships.
Bryson DeChambeau has been vocal on the topic ever since the breakaway tour arrived on the scene in 2022.
Although it has to be said his worries about playing the majors are now over after he triumphed at the U.S. Open in June.
His exemptions into the majors – thanks to his 2020 victory at Winged Foot – were due to expire.
“I know that the guys at LIV are trying to figure it all out with the powers that be in golf,” Hatton told reporters at LIV Golf United Kingdom.
“I think everyone in the golf world can agree that there’s enough fantastic players on LIV that you would like to see them in the field at majors.
“Currently, obviously, they go off the World Ranking system.
“I think, from a player’s perspective, I hope that something can be worked out where if going into 2025 there’s X amount of spots that LIV receive to play in majors.
“Just with the quality of the fields that we have, I don’t see how people could argue that those guys wouldn’t be deserving of a spot in those tournaments.”
Hatton has been eligible to compete in all four majors this year because he was inside the top 15 in the rankings before joining LIV for a reported $50m.
Moving forward, things could prove more tricky. He has already fallen to 25th in the OWGR.
Hatton will be able to compete at the 2025 Masters because he finished in a tie for ninth at Augusta National in April.
The other majors? That’s a different story.
The Englishman finished in a tie for 63rd at the PGA Championship, 26th at the U.S. Open and missed the cut at The Open.
What did Bryson DeChambeau say?
DeChambeau has been one of the most vocal players about this topic.
LIV Golf have now abandoned their pursuit of OWGR accreditation.
OWGR chairman, Peter Dawson, said there was no conspiracy against LIV to deny them points when their application was formally rejected last October.
He urged LIV officials to make changes.
“We are not at war with them,” he previously said.
“This decision not to make them eligible is not political. It is entirely technical.
“LIV players are self-evidently good enough to be ranked.
“They’re just not playing in a format where they can be ranked equitably with the other 24 tours and thousands of players trying to compete on them.”
DeChambeau claimed in a previous episode of the Fairway to Heaven podcast that LIV fulfilled all of the requirements.
Bryson DeChambeau
“I have words that I would love to say but I can’t,” DeChambeau previously said.
“They said, ‘You need certain requirements.’
“We have fulfilled all those requirements, despite what everybody thinks.
“If you go look at their handbook, we have fulfilled every single criteria.
“It’s been over two years now. What’s going on guys? It’s a bit frustrating, but nothing we can do at this moment.
“If we showcase ourselves in the major championships there’s no way they can keep us out.
“We just got to play well in the majors and once we do, they have no choice.”
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